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Learn How To Stop Mice Entering Homes Through Weep Holes

Installing Rid-O-Mice - Brick Weep Holes

Here is how you easily identify your homes weepholes and install Rid-O-Mice. What to do if you have elongated weep holes click this link.

Modifications To The Cover

Cutters used in this video are hardware store purchased yard/twig pruners.

Prepping The Weep Hole

Some weepholes need a bit of premaintenance to accept the retrofit grill due to excess or sloppy mortar.

Different Size Weep Holes

Weep holes are not uniform. You can cut them to size as needed.

For Curious Home Owners

Place a small piece of paper towel or toilet paper in your weepholes. Return later to see if any have been knocked out.

Identifying Other Entrances

How Mice Enter Homes

Mice enter homes through various means, including these mentioned below

The most common entry points are weep holes, cracks and spaces around doors and windows, improperly screened areas in eaves and attics, cracks in foundations, soil access areas in plumbing penetrations, and so on. Proper seals and screenings are a chemical free way to help control unwanted guests to your home.

Brick constructed homes contain weep holes which are the most common method for mice, rats,  snakes, scorpions and lizards etc. to enter the home. Weep holes in brick walls are best described as easy access points to gain entry to the inner wall and potentially the living space of the house.  

During the construction phase of brick-veneer structures, gaps called weep holes are purposely built into the lower layer of bricks in order to allow the inner wall cavity to drain or ventilate moisture buildup. The unfortunate draw back of weep holes is that they allow pests free access to the interior of your walls.

Many home owners don’t realize this and instead focus on or rely on other methods of dealing with pests. These may include Electronic Pest Control devices and other Mice Repellent including, mice extermination, mouse traps and mice poison. This may slow mice down but doesn’t have lasting affect Such as actual exclusion methods.

When it comes to excluding mice form weep hole entry points home owners need to understand stopping the pest on just one part of the issue. Maintaining ventilation is the other. These ventilating holes cannot be treated  like other cracks and openings when it comes blocking them up.

How To Get Rid Of Mice

Facts About Mice

Why Killing Mice With Traps And Poisions Alone Won't Solve Your Problem

Mice have two characteristics going for them that we don’t know about or underestimate.

  • When you trap and poison mice they automatically reproduce faster and faster.
  • You’d think new mice wouldn’t be able to find the same entrances of their prior friends. Interestingly they leave a trail of hormonal scent so the pathway is as noticeable to them as the roads you and I drive on everyday are to us.

It is amazing how mice enter homes, look for any gap a mouse can crawl through. These are usually found along your walls where pipes exit or enter from the exterior of the home.

Where flashing or soffit meet your wall.

Where doors don’t close properly. Gaps around windows.

Or other gaps in brick that are not intended to be there.

Your roof is another area of concern for mice prevention. Check venting and look for ways mice can get onto your roof such as bushes, wires, pipes etc.

Ready To Protect Your Home In A Way That Ensures Mice Can’t Pass Through Your Weep Holes While Ensuring Proper Wall Ventilation As Intended By The Building Codes.

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Some Honest Reviews of Rid-O-Mice Weep Hole Covers

It seems like a couple of times each year I was battling with the odd mouse. I set traps along the outside walls and had to resort to poison where I noticed their beautiful brown pellets usually in the furnace room but also under our dishwasher. That seemed to work temporarily. A friend of mine in the pest control business told me about Rid-O-Mice so I asked him to come by and take care of it. Haven’t had any issues since.
Dave S.
Chicago
We had elongated weep holes… meaning the weepholes extended above and below the actual brick. We were able to purchase some spare stainless inserts and cut them to fill in the gaps created by the abnormal height of the weep holes. Not all were like this but some were and it worked perfect!! See Wes’s blog post with pictures here.
Wes Grands.
Pensicola
Last year we bought a 30 year old home and our home inspector pointed out the house had signs of mice. Just the thought of that didn’t appeal to us but everything else about the house was right for us. Fortunately our home inspector gave us great information on how we could prevent the mice from getting in. That is when we met Rid-O-Mice who helped us protect our largest investment.
F. Perry.
Pittsburg